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No. 6I0,453.- Patented Supt. 6, I898. B. MARX &. GASSNER. MAGAZINECAMERA.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN MARX AND HENRY GASSNER, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

MAGAZINE-CAM ERA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,453, datedSeptember 6, 1898.

Application filed January 6, 1898. Serial No. 665,821. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN MARX and HENRY GASSNER, of New York city,in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedCamera, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is a magazine-camera capable of being charged anddischarged with and of any number of sensitized plates in the daylightand without the necessity of the dark room and having a series ofsensitized glass plates joined to each other by an opaque web, suchplates being first superposed in an opaque box which is placed in thecamera and from which the plates are drawn bya removable reel thatcarries the plates during and after exposure.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of our invention, whilethe claims define the actual scope of the invention.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the invention, looking toward theleft-hand side thereof and omitting the reel and the platebox. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section looking toward the left and showing the reel andplate-box. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation showing parts at theinterior right-hand wall Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the invention,looking forward to the reel and plate-box, the section being taken onthe line 4 4; in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation showing thefocusing-arm. Fig. 6 is a detail section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 7. Fig.7 is a fragmentary elevation of the exterior right-hand wall of thecamera, showing the rod for turning the reel and the contiguous partsthereof. Fig. 8 is a face view of one of the photographic plates. Fig. 9is a section on the line 9 9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a detail sectiontaken through the plate-box. Fig. 11 is a view showing the folding ofthe plates in the box, the plates being separated from each other toshow them more clearly. Fig. 12 is an edge elevation of the reel.

The camera is formed of a box or casing 11, the rear wall 12 of which ishinged to the box and the front wall of which is provided with the usuallens 13 and shutter 14;.

The left-hand side of the camera has secured to its inner face a flangedtrack-plate 15, leading to a plate 16, that slides between guides 17,which are secured to the inner face of the said left-hand side ofthebox. The plate 16 has a forwardly-running extension 18, slidable in agroove in the left-hand side of the casing and attached to a retractilespring 19, also situated in a groove, by which arrangement the plate 16is drawn forward. The plate 16 is provided with'a stop 20 and a pawl 21.The plate 16 forms the support for the left-hand end of the spindle 22,whereon the reel is carried.

The reel has a web or body portion 23, having dovetailed connection ateach end with flanges 24. These dovetailed connections between the parts23 and 2% enable the reel to be taken apart and packed in a small space.The left-hand flange-plate 2a of the reel is provided with a ratchet 25,which, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 12, is provided with two pins26, adapted to be removably seated in openings in said left-handflange-plate 24. The stop 20 and pawl 21 are adapted to engage thisratchet 25, the stop 20 serving to limit the forward movement of thereel during the act of placing the reel in position and the pawl 21serving to prevent backward movement of the reel. In placing the reel inposition the reel is moved from the rear of the camera forward, with theratchet in the guidefplate 15, until the axis of the ratchet coincideswith the opening for the spindle 22 in the plate 16. The spindle 22,having been first removed, should now be passed through the web 23 ofthe reel to support the same.

The right-hand end of the spindle 22 and of the reel are held by deviceswhich yield forward and backward like the devices of the plate 16. Thesedevices consist in aguideplate 45, fastened to the right-hand interiorwall of the casing and having a channelshaped extension 46,corresponding with the guideway 15. The plate and the casing are slottedto permit the spindle 22 to pass through thempand the spindle is held bya carriage-plate 47, that slides between the plate 45 and the casin gand that is drawn for- IOO ward (like the plate 15) by-a retractilespring 48. These are the means that mount the righthand end of thespindle 22 to slide like the left-hand end thereof. Two guides 49 aremade fast to the outer wall of the casing over the plate 45 and slidablyhold a closure-plate 50, that surrounds the spindle 2 and slidestherewith, to keep the light from entering the casing. The right-handflange of the reel is provided with a bossed plate 51, that receives thespindle and that also serves to slide through the guide-channel 46during the placing of the reel in position. When the reel has been movedinto position, the spindle 22 is passed through the plates 50 and 47,and then through the web 23 of the reel, and finally into engagementwith the plate 16. The spindle 22 is screwed into the ratchet 25 andturns loosely in plate 16, so that the reel may be turned by thespindle. The reel is thus mounted to move forward and backward to.- wardand from the lens 13, so as to permit a proper focusing of the plate.This focusing is effected by means of a shaft 27, which is mounted inthe upper portion of the casing 11 and which carries a rectangularfocusingframe 28. fShown best in Fig. 4.) The shaft 27 extends throughthe casing and is provided with an arm 29, by which theshaft27 may berocked, This arm 29 has a pin 30: at its free end, which pin is capableof fitting in either one of two openings formed in an arc-shaped plate31, let into the outer face of the casing 11, so as to hold the shaft27, with its frame 28, either in the position shown in Fig. 1 or in theposition shown in Fig. 2. In the latter position the focusing-frame isactive, since the shaft 27 is adjusted at the proper focus withreference to. the lens 13, and when the frame 28- is in theperpendicular position (shown in Fig. 2) the frame pushes the .reelbackward against the tension of the springs 19 and 48, so as to placethe plate to be exposed in proper relation to. the lens 13. As thenumber of plates on the reel increases the reel is moved furtherbackward, as will be understood.

Theplatebox, as shown best in Fig. 10, has a body portion 32, whereon isplaced a cover 33, that incloses the top and sides of the body. Thecover 33. is provided with a hinged flap 34, forming a door throughwhich the plates and their opaque web may passfrom the box. The rear endof the body 32 is provided with an inclined false wall 35, adapted toguide .the plates up to. the door 34. Hinged to the lower edge of thewall 35 is a tension-plate 36, which extends forwardly into proximity tothe. front end of the box. Hinged to the nu;

side of the cover 33 isv a rearwardly-projectingfollower 37, presseddownward by a spring 38. The several sensitized plates 39, as. shown in-Figs. 8, 9, and 11, are bound, as usual, by a sheet 40. These. plateshave onehalf of' the area of the backs of the sheets40 mated to theopaque web 41. When the rsextended, the plates lie in the same 3 plate.

' of a slot 43, formed in the reel.

tended portion of the web4'l. 'perextended portion of the web has been fdrawn out and wound on the reel, the uppermost plate is then drawnthrough thedoor 34 plane and directly contiguous to each other, and whenthe plates are superposed, as shown in Fig. 11, the trend of the web isfirst under the bottom or lowermost plate, thence inward over one-halfthe top thereof, and thence outward in cemented connection with thebottom of the next plate, the web lying loosely on the top of thefirstmentioned This accordion-like fold iscontinued Y throughout all ofthe plates, and in order to cover the plates and prevent their expo-' Isure the web is extended beyohd the plates and folded, as shown in Fig.11. placing the plates in the plate-box, the extended portion of theweb, which is at the When ' provided with a number of plate-boxes eachcharged, as above described, with they photo- 1 graphic plates. Each boxwill alsobe equipped with a plate-reel taken apart, as previouslydescribed. Assuming that it be desired to charge the camera, the reel isassembled and placed in position in the casing. The platebox is nowintroduced into the'forward lower portion of the camera through a door42, the

.box being held by a cleat 43" on the bottom and by cleats-44 44*,respectively, on the sides of the casing.

Through the door 12 the operator may reach to grasp the end of the web i41, which is left projecting out of the platebox, and draw said webforward to connect it with the reel, preferably through the medium Thefocusing-arm 29 is now moved to throw the frame 28. up to the positionshown in Fig. 1, and

' through the medium of the button 44 formed i on the right-hand end ofthe spindle 22, the

reel is turned to wind thereonthe upper exlVhen the upand laid flatagainst one side of the web 23 The arm 29 extended portion of the web isthen drawn.

j out of the plate-box and wound over the plates toprotect them fromlight. Zpose of the tension-plate 36 is to retard the i withdrawal ofthe lower extended portion of The purthe web 41, so as to cause thisextended por= lOO tion to be wound tightly around the plates. hen theplates have been covered on the reel, the spindle 22 should'be withdrawnand the reel removed from the camera. The empty plate-box should also beremoved, and a second reel and a second plate-box should be put inposition.

It is our purpose to provide but one ratchet 25 for each camera, theratchet being removable from each reel, so that when a reel is takenfrom the camera the ratchet may be disconnected therefrom and applied toa second reel.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A camera having a casing, a plate-reel.

mounted to turn therein and capable of movement transverse to its axis,and a focusingframe mounted to swing within the casing and capable ofengaging the reel to push the same to proper position.

2. A camera having a casing, an adjustable plate-reel capable of holdingthe plates during the exposure, and means for adjusting said reel toindividually focus the successive plates.

3. A camera having a casing, a reel adjustable therein and having a fiatweb against each side of which the photographic plates are carried andexposed, and means for adjusting the reel to focus the plates as theyare successively wound on each side of the reel.

i. In a camera, the combination ofa casing, a reel, bearings foradjustably mounting the reel, and afocusing-frame mounted to swing aboveor below the reel and capable of engaging the reel to focus the platesthereon.

5. In a camera, the combination of a casing, a reel, bearings for thereel, the bearings being adjustable toward and from the lens of thecasing, springs tending to draw the bearings toward the lens, and afocusing-frame mounted to swing above or below the reel and capable ofpushing the reel away from the lens to focus the negatives as they arewound on the reel.

6. A photographic camera having a casing, a plate-box therein, a seriesof plates stacked in the box and attached to an opaque web, a reel towhich the web is connected and on which the plates are wound, the reelbeing adjustable toward and from the lens, and means for adjusting thereel to focus the plates as they are successively wound on the reel.

'7. The combination of a plurality of rigid photographic plates, and aflexible web on which the plates are arranged, each plate having aportion of its back attached to the web, and the remaining portion ofthe back being free of connection with the web.

8. A box for photographic plates having a body portion, a false wallarranged diagonally therein and leading to one end thereof, atension-plate hinged to the false wall and lying in parallelism with thebottom of the box, a cover for the box, a spring-pressed follower hingedto the cover and moving into the box, and a door closing an orifice inthe cover and adjacent to the false wall of the box.

0. A box for photographic plates, the box having a body portion, and acover, the body portion being provided with a false wall leadingdiagonally to one end of the box and the cover being provided with adoor arranged at the upper end of the said false wall.

10. A box for photographic plates, the box having a body portion, and acover, the body portion being provided with a wall leading diagonally toone end of the body portion and the cover being provided with a doorarranged at the upper end of said wall, and a tension-plate hinged tothe bottom of the body portion.

11. A camera having an adjustable reel, means for focusing the reel, anda plate-box capable of containing the plates and of permitting theplates to be withdrawn under the action of the reel.

12. A camera having a removable platebox separable from the camera andcapable of being placed therein and displaced therefrom to charge andrecharge the camera, plates carried in the box and connected to eachother by a flexible web, and means mounted in the camera and capable ofdrawing the plates and web from the box to expose the plates.

13. A camera having a reel mounted therein and capable of carrying andholding for exposure photographic plates connected with each other by aflexible web, the reel being adjustable to admit of focusing thesuccessive plates.

14. A camera having means capableof carrying a plurality of rigidphotographic plates connected bya flexible web, and a reel mounted inthe camera and capable of winding the plates and web on the reel and ofholding the plates during exposure, the reel being adjustable tosuccessively focus the plates.

15. A box for holding rigid photographic plates connected by a flexibleweb, the box having therein an inclined false wall leading upward fromthe bottom of the box at one end thereof, and the box having an openingat the upper edge of said false wall, and a hinged flap mounted to coversaid opening and to permit the withdrawal of the plates and web.

BENJAMIN MARX. HENRY GASSNER. Witnesses:

Isaac OwENs, JNo. M. Rrr'run.

